Welcome to today's morning meditation.
I invite you to find a comfortable seat sitting in a cross-legged position or whatever position feels comfortable for you.
When you feel settled,
When you feel ready,
I invite you to slowly close the eyes or lower your gaze.
Taking the first few moments to settle into your space,
Noticing the environment around you,
The sounds in your room,
The tension you may be holding on to in your body,
Noticing the sounds,
Noticing the feelings.
Now draw the awareness into your body,
Draw the awareness towards your hips,
Making contact with whatever you are sitting on,
Feeling grounded,
Feeling supported,
Bringing the awareness into your belly,
Into the abdominal region,
Feeling the expand with each breath.
Drawing the awareness to your shoulders,
Allow the shoulders to fall away from the ears,
Allowing the neck to have space,
Allowing the neck to be long.
Drawing the awareness into your fingertips and your toes,
The extremities of the body,
And lastly drawing awareness into your face,
The head,
The neck,
The temples,
The eyebrows,
The jaw.
So much of our tension is stored in the face,
In the temples,
In the jaw.
I invite you to relax and release anything you may be holding on to.
Now bringing the awareness into your breath,
Inhaling and exhaling through your nose,
Allowing the breath to be long,
Allowing the breath to be deep,
And allowing the breath to be full.
A deeper breath allows the body to turn from a state of stress into a state of relaxation,
And when the body is more relaxed,
The mind has space to think,
To reflect,
To process.
The mind becomes more clear,
More alert,
More awake.
Take a couple more breaths here,
Allowing the breath to expand into the body,
Allowing the breath to add depth into the muscles,
Add life,
Add energy,
Allow the breath to soften any gripping,
Any tension,
Allow the breath to flow through the body,
Flow through the mind,
Flow through you.
In this state of calm,
In this state of peace,
I invite you to reflect on the day ahead,
To know that you are supported,
To know that you are grounded in every step you take today,
To know that whatever comes at you today,
Whether it be responsibilities,
Commitment,
Or work,
Know that you have your breath to come back to whenever things get stressful or heavy.
As we wrap up this morning meditation,
I invite you to take three more rounds of breath,
Breathing in through the nose,
And this time let's sigh it out.
Two more times,
A deep inhale in,
And a loud sigh out.
One more time,
A deep inhale in,
And a big long sigh out.
Thank you for joining me in this short meditation today.
I hope you have a great day ahead.
